Pregame: Illinois vs Iowa, Saturday, October 8th, 6:30pm CT, BTN
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Ideally, each game is just a game. You go into each week with that game being the only game. To me it was "How well we do in the next four game stretch of Wisc, Iowa, Minn, & Neb." I thought a win vs Iowa was a lot more likely than winning in Camp Randall, and a very good outcome in that four-game stretch would be two wins. Winning the first of those four games? Blew ma mind. If we beat Iowa then we have two wins in the four-game span and we're playing with house money. And the Illini are getting BETTER each week (please don't regress). Here's to solid win. Let's just destroy Iowa at home.
Try DanvilleI will attest to that. My wife, kids and I plus in-laws are now looking in Peoria and Springfield for hotel rooms…. Both amazing and annoyed
IlliniSaluki
- IL metro east burbs of St. Louis
Could try around Decatur too right off the Interstate. I mean if they are looking at Peoria and Springfield might as well look at Decatur it's closer than both. heh
Went searching to make a joke about a bunch of us getting a suite, then took a detour into dynamic pricing (both per opponent and per location), then finally ended up scratching my head as to why Virginia is still on the website. Perhaps those calling for our Marketing folks' heads are not far off.
Illini92and96
- Austin, TX
Maybe you can rent a suite and watch the replay? Have to get revenue wherever possible.
I took a look at the Iowa message board. Seems there's trouble brewing down on the bird farm. Many are off the Kirk Firenz bandwagon, and think he and his outdated unimaginative offense need to go. Some are openly rooting for him to lose to us and several more B10 teams to torpedo him. Others honestly believe they have little chance of beating the Illini. Frustration is off the charts, but Firenz apparently has 7 years left on his contract and a whopping $42 million buyout after this season if their fans are correct. They are afraid they are stuck, and figure Firenz is too set in his ways to ever adapt to the modern game.
GrayGhost77
- Centennial, CO
Who's Firenz? Is that Kirk Ferentz's long lost cousin?
Kirk after he's lost his job?
If you are looking at theirs, you know they are looking at ours. So they are probably going be talking about us talking about what they’re talking about. And then we can talk about that.
Good one. I should not trust name spelling to memory. Three early warning signs of dementia: 1. Forgetfulness 2. Loss of Memory and 3. Can't recall that third one, but I'm pretty sure I got it, if I remember correctly, which I might or might not.
Finally. They could’ve added 4 days of ticket sales if they just listened to this board‘s advice last Sunday.
Listen DIA, people on this board posses an insane level of fandom to be this present during the horrible seasons. If “we” think prices are too high - prices are too high.
I suspect it’s what you suggested plus Kansas getting more “national” (ESPN) attention than the beloved, so they’re perceived as a step ahead in the rebuild.
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
Left off the "e." It's a city in Italy. Pleasant art gallery. Pretty bridge over the river. Several churches, one of 'em kinda big. Decent gelato. How it's connected to Iowa football I have no idea.
I hope you don’t expect Kam’s to show the game. When I was there for the Virginia game, an SEC game and the Iowa game were on but no Illini. I asked the bartender to put it on. After 10 minutes of attempts and discussions with co-workers, he came back and said, “We don’t get that channel. That tells you how bad we suck at football.” I wanted to jump over the bar, but pretty sure there would have been 3 hits. Him hitting me, me hitting the ground, and him hitting me one more time just to show off to his friends.I continue to be amused by the way people act like this is a mechanical 1:1 relationship with the results of the games.
Lose by 3 points, 5,000 extra fans, but lose by 7 points, only 3,000 extra.
As a "young" () Chicago alum the biggest issues scheduling this are people's babies, the game time and whether we need to get a hotel or not, and other preexisting commitments.
Looking like it's going to happen this weekend though, see y'all at Kams!
I still think if students want basketball tickets, those who attended football games get first dibs.
You can pay at the gate with credit card. $25.
Captain 14
- The Last Best Place
Pretty much a 100 per cent possibility that the stranger in the airline seat next to you paid either (considerably) more or less than you did for your seat.
Can anyone find the link through the ticket office? It used to be in the app but it's super buggy
Not to mention, the recent “big wins,” 2019 Wisconsin, 2020 MSU, and 2021 PSU, were fun wins but each was a fluke — 2 come from behind miracles on last second plays and 1 barge offense/7 O-T fluke. Our dismantling of Wiscy last week sure get different than those.
I feel like the PSU game showed a glimmer where we were competitive all game (still needed some magic to win). The Minnesota win was the first one in a while where it truly felt like we won the game straight up.
Same with hotel rooms
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